Category: Gear
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2025 Photography Milestones: New Gear, Techniques and a few favorite images.
This year has been quite a productive one. I have managed to capture a few images that have been in my head for some time. A couple of visits to Denmark, and a long awaited photography trip to London have contributed to that. But I have also managed to pull out a few keepers from…
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Exploring London: A Photographer’s Journey at Dawn
I have had the pleasure of visiting London on many occasions throughout the years, but never before have I taken the time, or had the opportunity, to photograph this magnificent city. This summer changed that. As usual for summer-trips, this was part of the annual family-vacation. We had planned to stay in London for one…
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My new gear for handheld, improvised photography: Nikon Z7II with Nikkor Z 24-200mm.
Most of my images are made using a very slow, deliberate workflow: Meticulous planning, almost always shooting from a tripod and often using “slow gear” and techniques that takes time to set up and prepare (primes, tilt-shift lenses, manual exposure, bracketing etc). Everything to achieve ultimate technical quality. I have found that this workflow is…
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Photographing Denmark’s Jutland: A Scenic Adventure
I visited Jutland in Denmark for photography back in April 2015. Although this area lacks the spectacular mountain-ranges and waterfalls, it still has a lot to offer the landscape photographer. Just have a look at the YouTube videos from Mads Peter Iversen. I have planned to return ever since, and this summer the plans came…
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Laowa 12-24mm f5.6 on Hasselblad X2D
For a couple of years I have been playing with the idea of getting an ultrawide lens for my Hasselblad X2D. As much as I love my XCD 21, sometimes it just isn’t wide enough. Especially for the widest panoramas. I could always stitch a pano, but as discussed in my last post (“Ultrawide lenses…
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Ultrawide lenses for Hasselblad X?
For a long time, the widest native option in the Hasselblad X ecosystem was the excellent XCD 21mm f4. By now (dec 2024) the 20-35mm zoom has been released and is readily available. The 21mm now seems to be discontinued. 20mm on the 33x44mm medium format sensor gives an angle of view of about 108…
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Photographing spring in Tuscany
I have always loved to photographed pastoral, cultural landscapes. Old barns, winding roads and fields of flowers have a strong visual appeal to me, and bring feelings of times long gone. No wonder then, that Tuscany is one of my favorite areas to photograph. I have been fortunate to visit several times for photography and…
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A crisp December morning
Weather has been cold and clear here for the last 3-4 weeks. Fortunately, we got a modest dusting of snow early on, giving some light to the landscape. I have been out photographing a lot in this period. Sunrise is around 0930 am and sunset at 0230 pm. Between that, we have more or less…
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Frozen logs, sunrise
I visited this place three consecutive days earlier this november. The first morning, I fond the scene and started to plan the compositon. The second day, I was happy with the composition, but I was a tad too late and the light was too harsh. The third day I came there well ahead of sunrise…
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PC Nikkor 28mm f3.5 shift-lens on Hasselblad X2D
The PC Nikkor 28mm f3.5 was made for shift on 35mm cameras and thus has a larger image-circle than regular full-frame lenses. But is the image circle large enough to cover the Hasselblad’s 33x44mm medium format sensor, and is there any room for movements? And how about image quality? Is this a viable alternative to…
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Tilt and Shift in Landscapephotography: will we see a dedicated solution for Hasselblad X?
The recent introduction of two tilt-shift lenses for the Fuji GFX-system actualizes the question of how to apply these techniques for us Hasselblad X-users. Will Hasselblad ever make a dedicated tilt-shift XCD-lens? Will we see an XTS, a version of the HTS-adapter? So far, we are left in the dark. But that doesn’t mean we…
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Northern Norway – summer of 2023
Well, summer is definitely over here in central Norway. Mornings are chilly and damp and evenings come noticeably earlier for every day. I haven’t been very active on this blog for the last couple of months due to summer holidays and different projects. But I have had time for some landscape photography in between. A…
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Is Billingham 207 the perfect bag for the Hasselblad X-system?
A shoulderbag? For landscapephotography? Yes, I have found that it is possible to use something other than a backpack to carry my photography equipment. With todays mirrorless systems, size and weight has been reduced to the point where you may get your essentials in a shoulder bag, small and lightweight enough to carry all day.…
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Sunstar excellence: the AF-S Nikkor 20mm f1.8 G ED on Hasselblad X2D
You may like or dislike the rendering of the sunstar on the original Hasselblad lenses. That is of course a matter of taste. But if you want something different than the sharp 8-legged star courtesy of Hasselblad, you will need an adapted lens. The Nikkor 20mm f1.8 makes a different, but beautiful sunstar, and I…
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Head to head: Hasselblad HC 150n f3.2 vs Mamiya 105-210 ULD f4.5 on Hasselblad X2D
The Hasselblad HC 150n and the Mamiya 105-210 ULD telezoom are optically the two best adapted lenses I have tested so far. They both have their pros and cons, but are both very sharp. I found it was time to put them on a test head-to-head.
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Mamiya 645 300mm f5.6 on Hasselblad X2D: ULD vs. Sekor C versions (and vs the Mamiya telezoom!)
The Mamiya 645 300mm f5.6 came in two versions: the old Sekor C and the newer ULD. I have previously tested the Sekor C. It was decent but didn’t blow me away. I have now got my hands on the newer ULD version. How will they compare?
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Mamiya 645 Sekor C 300mm f5.6 on Hasselblad X2D
In my type of work, I rarely see the need for a longer lens than a 200mm. I have used the 1.7X Hasselblad converter with my HC 150mm on some occasions, so I can’t say never. It’s good to have the option available. Encouraged by the good results from my other Mamiya 645 lenses, I…
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Mamiya 645 105-210mm f4.5 ULD zoom on Hasselblad X2D
Next up in the series of adapted lenses for the Hasselblad X-cameras is a medium format telephoto zoom. The Mamiya 645 105-210 f4.5 ULD may be the medium format equivalent to the much loved full-frame 70-200. But is it good enough optically?
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Nikon AI-S Nikkor 200mm f4 on Hasselblad X2D
In contrast to the previously tested Nikon Series E 135mm f2.8, this one is from the professional line of Nikon lenses, the Nikkors. I got this many years ago to complement my 135mm, and it has served me well through the film years. However, I have not used it extensively on the Hasselblad X-system, and…
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Mamiya 645 Sekor C 150mm f3.5 on Hasselblad X2D
The next lens out is also a medium format lens. Made for Mamiya 645, this manual focus, manual aperture lens is very compact and handles nicely on the X2D body. But how does it perform in this real-world field-test?
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